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The Weekly Round-Up: 27.11.09
Round-Up A shame-faced 58 per cent said their mobile had rung in the wrong place at the wrong time, such as during a job interview or funeral service. Of those of you who could put down a donut for long enough to answer a survey... [27 Nov 2009]
Photos: When hackers get together to do the world a favour
Photo Viper, which was developed with information gathered from a variety of official and unofficial sources, displays mapped information and provides real-time context from services like Twitter, Facebook and Flickr. [27 Nov 2009]
Minority Report: Mac Mini - a real nowhere machine
Comment The Mini debuted at a time when the 'Get a Mac' switch campaign was kicking off, and the BYOKDM (Bring Your Own Keyboard, Display and Mouse) ethos was aimed at encouraging Mac-curious PC users to make a change. [26 Nov 2009]
Beware the turf wars when merging comms
News Spending on UC among businesses worldwide is expected to rise from just $302m last year to $4.2bn in five years' time, according to industry watchers ABI Research. We foresee a booming market for managed services, simply... [25 Nov 2009]
Photos: Sony Ericsson debuts see-through Xperia phone
Photo Daniel Mauritzson, an industrial designer at Sony Ericsson, said the idea behind Pureness was to design a "counterweight" to the feature-rich smartphones of today - and focus instead on the basics of "talk, text and time". [25 Nov 2009]
How the cloud is swallowing your comms
News According to TalkTalk, young people prefer technologies that allow them to contact whole groups of friends rather than individuals one at a time. Unified communications is migrating to the cloud, new research has found. [24 Nov 2009]
Is losing a mobile device really such a big deal?
Comment In that time the questions have very much moved from 'if' the tech is used to 'when and how'. Losing a mobile device is a common occurrence - but that's doesn't mean it's not serious. Jon Collins looks at what businesses... [24 Nov 2009]
Outsourcing: CIOs' tips on getting it right
News For example, for the service desk, if we have a lot of calls then Atos Origin are able to roll out a bigger team to handle them without us having to pay for that larger team each time we need it," she said. [24 Nov 2009]
Virtualisation: Real-life tales of how to get it right
Comment I think there is a little bit more thought going into it now and so it takes a little bit more time. We had 33 physical servers at the time and we were rapidly running out of rack-space... [20 Nov 2009]
Weekend Gadget Watch: BlackBerry Storm 2
Photo SurePress touchscreen is good for slow, accurate tapping; speedy wi-fi and 3G connectivity; attractive screen; push email sends your messages to you in real-time; good apps available; 3.5mm headphone jack [20 Nov 2009]
How CIOs can achieve post-recession success
Comment You can view the newly published article, Time to raise the CIO's game, at McKinsey Quarterly silicon.com: Can you describe the 'new normal' for the business world? This] provides a significant challenge to IT leaders... [18 Nov 2009]
Trojan bank fraud gang sentenced
News Four men have been sentenced to prison time for being part of a gang that stole just under £500,000 from UK bank customers. The men were sentenced last Friday at Southwark Crown Court in London for their part in an... [17 Nov 2009]
Increase Reliability with IBM WebSphere File Transfer Edition (FTE)
White Paper Did you know these links require 3 to 4 times more time and effort to build and maintain versus SOA-based Application Integration projects? "Does your organization still use FTP software? Read this whitepaper to find... [16 Nov 2009]
Digital Dilemmas: Should your business be on Twitter?
Comment When was the last time a customer wrote to thank their bank or insurer for services rendered? Which begs the question, why waste time pumping hot air into a vacuum? Twitter, for the benefit of those of... [16 Nov 2009]
Web Use and Misuse
White Paper Three out of four employers have had to deal with employees who waste time online, according to a recent survey by Employment Review magazine1. Companies had problems with employees misusing email, blogs... [13 Nov 2009]